Saturday, October 27, 2007

Saturday 10/27 (Very) Quickie

Rainy day = Zero guilt about sitting in front of the TV from noon to midnight watching college football and Game 3 of the World Series.

CFB Today: West Virginia at Rutgers in a nooner, Cocktail Party at 3:30, Ohio State at Penn State in the night game, with an eye on unbeatens Arizona State and Kansas, as well as that huge USC at Oregon game. That covers most of the remaining BCS contenders playing today.

W.S. Game 3: Papi will start at first base, with Youkilis on the bench. It's a tough choice, either way. I suspect this is the right way to go, with Youk available off the bench to pinch hit and be a defensive replacement at 1B in the later innings.

Chargers to host game vs. Texans in San Diego: Good. The region could use the distraction.

Genarlow Wilson freed: Justice delayed, but at least it was justice eventually.

NBA Preseason finales: Kevin Garnett goes triple-double on the Cavs (21-13-10), in a nicely symbolic victory by the Celtics, foreshadowing his 07-08 MVP season and the Celtics' inevitable dethroning of Cleveland as the Eastern Conference champs. (Oops: I just gave away the two big headlines of the remainder of my NBA preview on Monday and Tuesday. A special bonus for readers who bother to check the blog on weekends.)

Injuries: Mike Bibby out up to two months with a thumb injury, a hazard of playing stars during the preseason.

Feel free to track the day's college football events in the comments section...

26 comments:

I think it's a toss-up -- to play starts in the preseason or not. Sure, they are going to be starters in the regular season so they have nothing to prove. But, they don't get game speed rhythm and timing. I think LdT takes 3-4 weeks to get going every year in the regular season, which may cost SD this year, since they are trying to come back from behind.

Amen. The SEC is overrated this year. Just look at South Carolina losing to Vandy. That certainly weakens Dan's strength of schedule argument. I hate when people use the computers to defend a position as well. Guess who creates the algorithms the computers use? That's right, good old fallible people. The computers carry the biases of those who created the programs.

I think my cousins were trying to psyche me out by claiming they had now chance to win. If we can come back for the win this might be one of the all time classic in UF/UGA history. It does seem a bit sloppy though. OMG what a return. try to post later.

I can't pick my jaw up off the ground. Twice meyer has messed up using the clock in two of our losses. Aub and LSU were close but we were beaten like redheaded stepchildren today. Our line sucked. I guess since my mom probably won't be around for any more of these games UGA had to win one for her. UGA's rb was as good as herschel in his prime. Both times we have won a title LSu and UGA beat us the next year. Thank god for

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